Sato Tadao. Eiga no Tabi

[Machine Translation] Now, let s set out on a journey to discover film critic Tadao Sato s treasures." This is the story of a man who devoted his life to film criticism and dreamed of liberating Asia through cinema. / Film Critic Tadao Sato: There was a man who sought to change the world through film" . Japan s first documentary to delve deeply into the life of a single film critic has been released. Tadao Sato, one of Japan s leading film critics. He is known as Japan s leading authority on Asian film studies, thanks to his achievements in pioneering the field of film criticism as a self-taught scholar, systematizing the history of Japanese cinema over a 60-year career, and in his later years dedicating his life s work to discovering Asian films and introducing them to Japan in a pioneering manner. He also devoted himself to fostering cinematic exchanges with Asia and mentoring the next generation, making him a truly one-of-a-kind figure the only person to have been awarded medals of honor from countries such as South Korea, France, Mongolia, and Vietnam. What was it that drove this giant of film criticism who discussed a wide range of topics from the perspective of ordinary people and authored over 150 books toward Asia? We explore the world that Tadao Sato, who passed away in 2022 at the age of 91, envisioned through film. / To uncover the source of the rich world of Asian cinema pioneered by Tadao Sato, one of his former students sets out with a camera in hand for South Korea and South India. Mizuho Terasaki, a former student of Sato s at the Japan Film School (now Japan Film University), where he served as president, has been following him closely with her camera since 2019. The film explores his wartime experiences as a boy, the culture shock he felt through cinema, his passion for film, and his meeting with his beloved wife, Hisako, who walked alongside him on his long journey in the film world. And his feelings toward the Indian film *The Wizard Grandfather* a film he described as my favorite movie in the world, on par with *Tokyo Story*" after having watched well over 10,000 films Drawing on testimonies from Asian film industry figures with whom he was close including Korean cinema master Im Kwon-taek and Lee Jang-ho, a leading figure of the Korean New Wave the film unravels his character. It also takes us on a journey to South Korea and the Indian state of Kerala in search of Sato s treasures." What message did this evangelist of cinema who devoted his entire life to a single-minded love of film leave for us? This is the first documentary in Japan to take an in-depth look at a single film critic. Bonus footage (planned) includes the theatrical trailer and footage from a post-screening Q&A (panelists: Director Mizuho Terasaki x Naoto Mori (film critic), June 21, 2026, at Morc Asagaya).

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さあ、映画評論家・佐藤忠男の"たからもの"を探し求める旅に出かけよう。映画批評に人生をささげ、映画によるアジアの解放を夢見た男の物語。■映画評論家、佐藤忠男、「映画」で世界を変えようとした男がいた──。日本で初めて、ひとりの映画評論家に迫ったドキュメンタリーが誕生。日本を代表する映画評論家、佐藤忠男。独学で映画評論の道を拓き、60年にわたる批評人生で日本映画史を体系化した功績、そして後年、ライフワークとしてアジア映画を発掘し、日本に先駆的に紹介した功績から、日本におけるアジア映画研究の第一人者として知られる。アジアとの映画交流や後進の育成にも尽力し、韓国、フランス、モンゴル、ベトナムなどから勲章を授与した唯一無二の存在である。庶民の目線から多岐に論じ、150冊を超す著作を有する映画評論の巨人をアジアへと突き動かすものは果たして何だったのか? 2022年に91歳で逝去した佐藤忠男が映画を通して夢見た世界を探る。■佐藤忠男が開拓したアジア映画の芳醇な世界の源泉を探るため教え子が、韓国、南インドにカメラを抱え旅立つ。佐藤が学長を務めた日本映画学校 (現日本映画大学)で教え子であった寺崎みずほが、カメラを手に2019年より密着。少年期の戦争経験、映画を通して受けたカルチャーショック、映画への憧れ、映画人生の長い道のりをともに歩いた最愛の妻・久子との出会い。そして1万本を優に超す映画を鑑賞した彼が「『東京物語』と比肩するくらい世界で一番好きな映画」と言い残した1本のインド映画『魔法使いのおじいさん』への想い・・・韓国映画界の巨匠イム・グォンテク監督や韓国ニューウェーブを代表するイ・ジャンホ監督をはじめ、親交のあったアジアの映画関係者の証言から人物像を紐解くとともに、佐藤の"たからもの"を探しに、韓国、そして南インドのケーララ州へと旅に出た。生涯、一途に映画を愛し続けた映画の伝道師が私たちに残したメッセージとは? 日本で初めて、ひとりの映画評論家に迫ったドキュメンタリーが誕生した。特典映像 (予定)には劇場予告編、舞台挨拶映像 (登壇者: 寺崎みずほ監督×森直人 (映画評論家) 2026年6月21日Morc阿佐ヶ谷)を収録。